When Prissinas entered the port of Tarantum, he did not see several Tarantum warship teams that were usually patrolling offshore. Despite this, he continued to ask Tarantum Senate with shamelessness: even if only a few warships were sent to Turiyi.

He had a small calculation in his mind: Crotone would never dare to provoke Tarantum again when he was fighting against Dionia. Therefore, even if only a few Tarantum warships patrol the east coast of Dionia to serve as a facade, they could serve as a deterrent effect, thus ensuring the basic safety of Dionia's coastline.

But how did Presinas persuade him, but he refused firmly, allowing the cheeky Senate to return in vain.

As soon as Prisinas returned to the port of Turii, Crotone's fleet arrived. Turii's maritime trade route was immediately cut off and the port was in panic.

Olivers arrived with a large number of patrolmen to help Maliji maintain order.

After learning about Tarantum's decision, Davers pondered for a while and said to the clerk Aristocrates beside him: "I seem to remember that Spartan messenger had been to Tarantum?"

"Yes, Alistilas reported at the time, 'The Spartans wanted Tarantum to abolish the alliance with us and take the lead in fighting us, but were rejected by Tarantum's Senate.'"

"But it still works." Davers sighed and then sneered: Tarantum, this is trying to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight! Well, this war depends on ourselves after all!

"You go and tell Alistilas that you can close the net for that spy Crotone."

"yes!"

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The Dionians closed the port, and as expected by Tratus, he had already negotiated with the Crotone Clippers who were receiving him: to obtain his information every night on a specific beach at the mouth of the Clarti River.

Just as he started writing secret letters again, the door was suddenly knocked open and four or five people rushed in.

In panic, he subconsciously grabbed the shaved paper roll in his hand. As soon as he shouted, "Who are you--" he was pressed to the ground by the person who rushed in. His tight hand was also broken open, and the unteared shaved paper was also taken away. His face suddenly changed.

"This afternoon, Turiyi had about 10,000 fully armed soldiers into the military camp, and there were also a thousand heavy infantry stationed at the port. It is said that Amendorara's militia were already on the way to Turiyi, Niutum—" A clear voice rang above his head: "Tratus, I have to admit that your observation and arithmetic ability are really good. The information written to Crotone is very consistent with the facts. No wonder the Crotone people sent you to Turiyi and stayed here for half a year. I wonder what your impression of this place is?"

Hearing this, Tratus' heart sank, and he already understood that his whereabouts were long under the control of the Dionians.

When he was lifted up, he saw a tall and thin middle-aged man standing in front of him, looking at him with interest.

"What do you want to do to me?" Tratus asked in a dry voice.

The tall and thin man didn't say anything, took something from someone else's hand and took it to Tratus: it was a small wooden knife with a rough carving.

Tratus suddenly widened his eyes, with a look of trembling, and he struggled hard and shouted, "What's wrong with you?! You caught my child, aren't you?! He is only seven years old! Hera is here, please spare him!! Bless him!! Let me do whatever you want!..." He begged hard, and finally shed tears.

The tall and thin man said with a cold expression: "Your wife and children are still in Crotone, but under the surveillance of our people, I will introduce myself. My name is Alistilas, the intelligence officer of the consul Davers (although Davers promised to give him this position, he is still a free citizen and is not an official). Give you a choice to do things for Dionia. If you refuse, not only will you die, your sick wife dies from illness because of lack of money, and your son will become a slave; and if you agree, you will become a preparatory citizen of Dionia. We will try our best to rescue your wife and children, and let the doctors of the alliance treat your wife. You know that the medical skills of our alliance are stronger than Crotone!" Alistilas paused, and saw Tratus lowering his head, his face was unstable, so he said in a deep voice: "It is life or death, you can choose it yourself."

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At dusk, Crotone's chief general Miron received a secret report from Turiyi: This afternoon, Turiyi began to assemble civilians. It is reported that about 4,000 citizens in the city gathered in Victory Square. The villages outside the city are still mobilizing, and a large number of citizens have not yet been seen entering Turiyi City. Turiyi has sent about a thousand soldiers to the port and sent many cavalry to patrol the coast. Amendorala and Niutum have not yet seen troops arrive.

Crotone has learned about Deolia through the intelligence of Tratus and the situations learned from the released soldiers in the past six months. The chief general Miron has some knowledge of Dioria and is very vigilant about Dioria. Therefore, he has prepared in advance and immediately mobilized war after helping Crimesa to eliminate the mercenaries. This time, in order to completely defeat Dioria, Crotone and his subordinate Asprestum gathered all the troops they could gather: Crotone 20,000 people and Asprestum 3,000 people; Crotone's allies Silitine was originally a big city, but the last time in the raid of the Dioria Alliance, it suffered the most serious losses, but for revenge

, it still squeezed out two thousand troops; Trina, who was close to the Bruts, also sent one thousand men, but this time Crotone did not refuse; only Colenya, Crotone refused its reinforcements, because the south of Colenya was the alliance of Crotone's enemy Locre. Although it did not have much abnormal movement in recent years, Crotone knew that Locre had been eyeing the north. If Locre suddenly attacked and was captured by it when he fought against Dionia, then it could successfully take down Cilitun, which was short of soldiers, and approached the empty Crotone in the rear... Therefore, he must not relax his vigilance and defense against Locre.

At the same time, the battle with Dionia must also begin as soon as possible. We cannot wait for Dionia's army to arrive before attacking. Therefore, Crotone reversed the Greek city-state's usual delay in pre-war preparations, and this time it seemed particularly efficient. Not only did the assembly be completed within one day, but the reinforcements from the allied states also rushed forward at his urging.

In fact, Locre was extremely happy to learn that the war broke out between Crotone and Dionia. After consultation, its council sent envoys to Dionia. Unexpectedly, Crotone not only blocked the road to the north by land, but also had Crotone civil warships cruising on the sea from Cape Alice on the east coast of Greece, forcing Locre to change its course and plan to turn the passenger ship to Sicily in the southwest, then turn to Tarantum in the northeast, and take a big circle by land.

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Davers was analyzing Crotone's military intelligence with the generals of the army and discussing the countermeasures. Aristocrates came in and whispered a few words to him. Davers nodded and said, "Let them come in."

He turned to the generals and said, "Brothers, Zantiparis and Thormede are here."

The living room, which was still arguing, suddenly became silent.

Zantipalis, Thormid hurried in with a worried look on his face. He didn't expect there would be so many people in the living room, and he was stunned at that time.

At this time, Davers smiled and said, "I was about to call you two, but I didn't expect you to come first. We are about to start discussing how to deal with the Crotones. Come in and tell me what you think."

Zantiparis and Thormid looked at each other, then knelt down on one knee, and said apologetically: "Mr. Davers... and... Dear comrades, we are really... sorry for you! It brought war to Dionia and also caused trouble for you! Timasong, Kriano and others had been in frequent contact with mercenaries some time ago and had repeatedly asked us for our opinions. We always thought they just wanted to leave here, but we didn't expect...we--"

"Timazon and the others have nothing to do with you!" Davers interrupted them with a serious and serious expression: "Everyone has his own ideas and the life he likes to live. You and other mercenaries chose to stay but not leave, which means that you agree with the system of Dioria, like to live here, and are willing to be citizens of Dioria. Then come and fight with us! The time to test you in front of the army of Crotone! Use your heroic performance to fight back against other people's doubts, prove to the people of Dioria that we did not misunderstand at the beginning, and at the same time prove your determination to defend Dioria to the death, and let the people of Dioria voluntarily open their arms and welcome you!"

"Davs is right! Zantiparis, Thormid, let's fight together and defeat the Crotones! Avenge Timason and the others!"

"That's great, we can finally fight together again!"

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Amintas, Antonios and others expressed warm welcome to Zantiparis and Tolmeed, which made them feel relieved.

Note: When the Crotones assembled a large army to attack the Dionian League, the fourth volume of this book has come to an end. Want to know if Dionia can survive the fierce attack of the Crotones? Can it reverse and win? Please see the next volume: The Overlord of the South Yi

I remember that the last novel "From City-State to Empire" was about to start writing the volume of "The Overlord of the South" when I was about to start writing. After so many years, I have been a regret in my heart. This time I rewrite it here, I can be regarded as a long-cherished wish.

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At the end of the fourth volume, have the brothers celebrated and rewarded?
Chapter completed!